I knew it would be challenging to get us together but I'm still hopeful. Your summer in Israel should be restful for you. Seems like you are usually on the run tring to catch everyone when you're there. I'm glad you'll have a good long visit.

Yes, to beachin' it! I plan to hand out the cocktail flag and signal my cabana boy regularly. Enjoy your trip Karen.

I won't be able to make it to your camp this summer, Patti. We're leaving for Israel on June 30. Avi and Danit, Darren, and Rafi will be staying for 2 and a half weeks, but I'll be there longer--until Aug. 8. Omer is in Nicaragua now, but he'll be meeting us in Israel this summer. He'll stay longer than the others. Anyway, I won't be able to travel to both Israel and Vermont this summer, so Vermont will have to wait until another time. Sorry it won't work for me this time. I hope you manage to get a few people together at least.

Kathi, is your birthday May 19th? I know it's May, but I don't remember the exact date. Anyway, whichever day it is, I wish you a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Enjoy it!

Hi ladies, I'm trying to catch up boy there's a lot of posts to read which is wonderful!

Lori did I miss your birthday? So sorry, I hope it was a pip. I have a sneaking suspicion that Kathi might be coming up too. It's about time all you caught up with me. When I was in H.S. It was fun being the oldest, since I certainly was the smallest. Now, well let's just say I still hold one of those titles!!!

So let's talk about this summer!! I was serious when I said I wanted to get you girls to come over to NH and spend time at my campground. Susan has signed on and I wish as many of you as possibly can - will do so as well. Janice are you listening?? I haven't picked a weekend because I want to find out when you can or if you can/will come over. The trailer is already on site and waiting. Karens S and V I know it may impossible for you but please know I really want to see you.

It thrills and amazing me and everyone I tell (I tell people all the time) that we are still in touch and loving it. We are a very lucky group of women.

Dave and I leave for a week in Fort Lauderdale this coming Monday a.m. though he will be working most of the time, we'll have our late afternoons and evenings so it will be fun. While we're away our roof will be done. We're really trusting our contractor.

Happy planting everyone........-Patti

Hi Everybody....glad we all had a great Mother's day....I think we should celebrate every day!!!
Neil and I were here alone...my kids got together and sent me a big bucket of perinnals...lots of different kinds..I still have to read all the tags to know where to plant, how much sun, etc....just love the gift that just keeps giving! They all called and Chloe (my littlest grandbaby) called to sing her Happy Mother's Day song....she is almost 2....she gets on the phone and starts whispering..."happy, happy, happy, happy....." I guess there are more words but that was the one she liked the best. It was quite funny.
I treated myself (thanks to a gift certificate from Christmas) to a pedicure tonight. It was heavenly and felt so good. Unfortunately, I could learn to love all those pampering things....maybe in my next life!!
I wonder who is going to have the big one with the initials KS, thanks Karen Stover...you are just tooooooo cute. Trying to figure how to celebrate with my daughter and Chloe...I am thinking of taking Tuesday off from school and meeting them part way to celebrate together...we'll see!
We got rid of all that wood from the front yard. Neil put a "free wood" sign out and it was gone in 2 days! Great for us...as we would have had to rent a wood splitter to get rid of it...some of those pieces weighed 200 pounds....

My son Omer is still traveling, but the other 2, Danit and Rafi, came over on Mother's Day. Rafi brought me some Mrs. Field's chocolate chip cookies--guess he knows I prefer cookies to flowers! They thought we'd watch a movie together, but we ended up watching the special that was on TV about Alzheimer's. Pretty depressing, but really well done and interesting, I thought. Did any of you see it? Not the usual Mother's Day activity! Well, at least we were together! It's a 4-part program, so that was just the first part.

Debbie, the fires were near Santa Barbara, which is about an hour and a half from us, so we weren't in any danger. But my niece and her boyfriend were driving back from San Francisco and had to take a detour when they got near Santa Barbara.

Happy Mother's Day to all my friends!
Nice hearing what wonderful days you have had. Everyone celebrates the same day in different ways...My kids sent me the biggest bucket of perinnals...now to plant. Neil took me out to dinner, we went to West Lebanon to Koto's Steakhouse. It was nice.
Neil put a sign out front on our front yard saying "Free Wood"...needless to say, all the wood is now gone off the lawn...now to cut the stump back and clean up the sawdust and fill in holes....
I am trying to make a bunch of birthday cards for next week. My youngest granddaughter will turn 2...I am making this fold down cupcake book...it has 5 pages each adding more to the cupcake ending with the whole cupcake with two candles....I need to cover all the pages, add photos...my printer is giving me a hard time....of course....and put embellishments on it...hopefully, I will finish in a couple of nights...I have a feeling they might come up this next weekend...the kids want to know when they can come back to Nana and Papa's house to stay...lol.
Again, Happy Mother's Day to all ............

Happy Mother's Day to all, Thanks Kathi for getting me back on track with the address. I lost all of them when my phone Co. did and update, then I finally switched to highspeed. I know I'm a little slow on the draw.
I had the best mothers day ever. We celebrated Sat. My sister is home from Ark. until this next Tues. so I've had the week off. All 3 of my girls and 2 spouses , my 2 granddaughters, Val and my Mom and of course Ron, were all here. The guys planted 2 crabapple trees for me and then today a climbing rose. We had steaks and hotdogs on the grill. I love it when my girls are all together. It happens only 1 or 2 times a year. We all just love it when my sister comes. She's always been a very special auntie. We've got some great pictures, and sometime I'll try to post some.
Karen, I like your bucket list. This time of year must be very exciting with the derby and all.
Pat, I feel your pain. I've redone each room in my old house at least 2-3 times since we've been here (30 years). I had that problem with one room and I ended up painting over the wallpaper on 2 walls cuz I was so sick of the scraping. It didn't turn out so good. Good Luck.
Lori, I hope the wildfires aren't near you.
Where have the other bloggers all gone?
Any more word on if we'll try to get together this summer?